An Israeli fire killed at least 12 people and injured others while they were heading for two aid distribution points in the Gaza Strip led by an Israeli group supported by the United States, Palestinian health officials announced on Sunday. Israel The soldiers said they had fired on those who approached his strength.
The last two weeks have seen frequent shots near new hubs where thousands of Palestinians – desperate after 20 months of war – are invited to collect food.
Witnesses say that the nearby Israeli troops opened fire and more than 80 people were killed, according to officials at Gaza Hospital.
In total, at least 108 bodies have been brought to Gaza hospitals in the last 24 hours, the territory’s Ministry of Health said. The Israeli army said it had hit dozens of militant targets in Gaza during the last day.
Eleven of the last bodies were brought to Nasser hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis. Palestinian witnesses said the Israeli forces fired on some in a roundabout around a kilometer from a site led by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, or GHF, in Rafah nearby.
The army of Israel said that it had drawn warning plans with the approach of “suspects” which ignored the warnings to turn away. He indicated that filming occurred in an area which is considered an active combat zone at night.
Al-Awda Hospital said they had received the body of a man and 29 people injured near another GHF aid distribution point in the center of Gaza. The soldiers said they had shot in the region around 6:40 am, but saw no victim.
A GHF official said that there was no violence in or around its distribution sites, which all three helped help on Sunday. The group temporarily closed them last week to discuss security measures with the Israeli army and warned people to stay on designated access routes. The manager spoke under the cover of anonymity in accordance with regulations.
The new aid centers are installed in Israeli military areas where the independent media do not have access. The GHF also said that it was driving direct delivery in a community north of Rafah.
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Witnesses are afraid of their security
Witnesses said that the first shootings in the south of Gaza took place around 6 a.m. when they were told that the site would open. Many go to him early, desperately looking for food before the arrival of crowds.
About two million Gaza Palestinians depend almost entirely on international aid because almost all food production capacities have been destroyed.
Adham Dahman, who was at Nasser Hospital with a bandage on the chin, said a reservoir drawn towards them.
“We didn’t know how to escape,” he said. “It’s a trap for us, not an aid.”
Zahed Ben Hassan said that someone next to him had been shot in his head.
“They said it was a safe area from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. … So why did they start shooting us?” He said. “There was light, and they have their cameras and can clearly see us.”
The army announced on Friday that the sites would be open during these hours, and the areas would be a closed military zone the rest of the time.
Children cried on their father’s body in the hospital.
“I can’t see you like that, dad!” Said a girl.
Help distributed inside Israeli military zones
The new aid hubs are managed by GHF, a new group of mainly American entrepreneurs. Israel wants him to replace a system coordinated by the United Nations and international aid groups.
Israel and the United States accuse the militant group of Hamas of aid flight. The UN denies that there is a systematic diversion. The UN says that the new system is unable to meet assembly needs, allows Israel to use aid as a weapon by determining it that can receive it and forces people to move where the aid sites are positioned.
The United Nations system struggled to provide help, even after Israel released its Gaza blockade last month. UN officials say that their efforts are hampered by Israeli military restrictions, the rupture of the law and the generalized order and looting.
Experts warned earlier this year that Gaza was at a critical risk of famine, if Israel did not lift its blockade and did not stop its military campaign. The two were renewed in March.
Israeli officials have said that the offensive will continue until all the hostages have returned and that Hamas is defeated or disarmed and sent in exile.
On Sunday, the soldiers of Israel invited journalists to Khan Younis to show a tunnel under the European hospital, saying that they had found the body of Mohammed Sinwar, the Hamas army wing chief, after being killed last month. Israel has prevented international journalists from getting independently of Gaza since the start of the war.
“(Israeli forces) would prefer not to hit or target hospitals,” said Army spokesman Brig. General Effie Defrin said. Sinwar’s body was found in a room under the hospital emergency room, said Defrin.
Hamas said that it would only release the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Méléplus mediated by the United States, Egypt and Qatar have been deadlocked for months.
Hamas began war with its attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, when Palestinian activists killed around 1,200 people, mainly civilians, and took 251 other hostages. They still hold 55 hostages, less than half of them living, after most of the others have been released in ceasefire agreements or other agreements.
The military campaign of Israel killed more than 54,800 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. He says women and children make up most of the dead, but do not say how many civilians or combatants have been killed. Israel says he killed more than 20,000 activists, without providing evidence.
The war has destroyed large areas of Gaza and moved around 90% of its population.
– The files of the Associated Press’ Melanie Lidman
Publisher’s note: This article was submitted for examination by the military censur of Israel, which did not delete any deletion.
